What women don't want: 'Let's follow the lady with the nice bum'

Pippa Middleton says she finds it startling to be globally known for her brother-in-law, her sister and her bum.Photo: REUTERS/GETTY IMAGES/CARL FOX

By Telegraph Wonder Women and The Everyday Sexism Project

1:48PM BST 28 May 2013

Here are 10 accounts by women of all different ages from across the UK that happened in the last seven days:

When asking my friend why she didn't watch/support girl's football she replied: “Everyone knows woman's football is c**p.” We are both young teens.

The look of surprise on peoples face when I (a woman) tell them I do a science degree, usually followed by “you're a clever one aren't you” in a condescending tone.

Went to a concert and halfway through a security man asked if me and my friend would like to move to the front row. Excited, we followed him. He got us great seats near the stage, but as he walked away he smacked my butt. I'm 15.

My ex-boyfriend used to frequently send me pictures of his skinny female friends, with the caption “this is what you should aim for”.

When I tell people I'm going into Army medicine, they automatically ask: "Oh, so you're going to be a nurse?"

When I confided in a male friend that a guy molested me at a party, his response was: "Oh, that's just him. When he gets drunk he'll do any girl he sees."

I was walking along a fairly busy road when a man and his dog stopped ahead of me to cross the road. As I passed them, he said to his dog: “Actually, shall we follow the lady with the nice bottom?” He then proceeded to follow me, chanting: “LET'S FOLLOW THE LADY WITH THE NICE BUM” to his dog.

Most frequent 'compliment' when I was DJing in college: Dude: Wow you're a really great DJ for a girl Me: You mean a really great DJ in general? Dude: Oh well, yeah but you're a girl Me: (sigh and walk away)

I held the door open for a man while walking into the library. He thanked me and told me that I'd make someone a good wife someday.

The Everyday Sexism Project exists to catalogue instances of sexism experienced by women on a day to day basis. It now has more than 20,000 entries and is set to expand globally. They might be serious or minor, outrageously offensive or so niggling and normalised that women don’t even feel able to protest. By sharing stories, sexism is shown to exist on a daily basis and that it is a valid problem to discuss as opposed to being wrongly referred to as 'banter'.